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N0. 428,314. Patented May zo, 1890.

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CHARLES F. MOSELEY, OF BERGEN, NEW YORK.

TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 428,314, dated May 20,1890.

Application tiled January 30, 1890. Serial No. 338,667. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. MosELEY, of Bergen, in the county ofGenesee and State of New York, have invented a new and usefullmprovementin Tags, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification, and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce an improved folding tag for useon express, freight, or other packages, the tag beihg designed to havewritten or printed upon its inwardly-turnedV faces or otherwise containitems of information relating to the ship ment, advertisements, or othermatter.

The invention consists in certain novelties in the matter of theconstruction of the tag, which are hereinafter fully described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l shows the tag in one form folded,and Fig. 2 the same opened out. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of the tag,and Fig. 4 the same opened out. Fig. 5 shows still another simplemodification in the form of the tag.

Referring to the parts, A B are the two sides of the tag, which foldtogether on a longitudinal line a, somewhat like the cover of a book.The side A is formed with a slit b, and the side B is formed with atongue c, to enter said slit when the tag is folded, as shown in Fig. 1.The sides are each formed with a folding fly d, which may be folded downupon and gummed to the side, as indicated by dotted lines on the side Ain Figs. 2 and 4, or these flies may be left unfolded, as shown in fulllines on the side B, and turned down when the fastening-string is passedthrough the holes e, formed to receive the string. The use of the flyis, as in other tags, to re-enforce and strengthen the material aboutthe holes for the string.

One of the principal novel features of my invention consists in formingorifices f in the Open, may be formed upon the sideA with a hole f inthe side B opposite each letter, so

th at the Word may be read through these holes when the tag is foldedand attached to the vthis feature of the invention being to exhibitsomething through t-he openings f to excite the curiosity of personsseeing the tag for the purpose of causing them to open the tag and readthe advertisement or other matter within.

Either form of the tag may also be provided with lips h, partiallysevered from the respective sides A B, for the purpose of holding adetachable sheet O, upon which maybe Written or printed any matter thatmay be desired, in addition to the advertisement or other matter printeddirectly upon the inwardly-turned faces of the tag itself.

This tag may be folded either way upon the line a, so as to bring eitherof the faces of the sides A B outward, and the tongue o and slit b maybemade at the sides of the parts -A B, instead of at the ends, as shown.

What I claim as my invention isl. A folded tag capable of being unfoldedor opened, formed of a sheet folded in two parallel'sides or parts A B,having a tongue c, and slit Zi for the tongue, With letters or wordsformed on one of said sides or parts, and opposing holes formed throughthe other side or part to uncover or render visible said letters orwords, substantially as and for the

